ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,085, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Grounding brush assembly" was invented by Anthony Simonin (Tours, France), Emmanuel Benevise (Monts, France) and Thomas Perrotin (Saint Roch, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding brush assembly includes a brush and a mounting plate, the brush including a support and a plurality of conductive fibers disposed within the support. The support includes a mounting portion and first and second lateral rims axially gripping the conductive fibers. At least one through opening is formed in the thickness of the mounting plate and the support further inc...